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An archaeologist/historian of technology, Schiffer ferrets out ambitious projects that turned into spectacular flops from the late eighteenth century. He presents case studies that he admits are biased toward his own interests—energy-related technologies, public works, transportation from the world’s first automobile to nuclear fusion reactors. Assuming his readers have no previous familiarity with the technologies he provides basic principles of electricity, steam power and jet engines. He also offers some carefully qualified generalizations which can be found in chapter 14. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
